The great American poet and prose-mangler William Burroughs once offered some words of advice for young people, words that work just as well for inhabitants of Washington D.C.: “An old junk pusher told me,” he wrote, “ ‘Watch whose money you pick up.’ ”... Full Article at Balloon Juice

Listen to a top economist in the Obama administration describe Paul A. Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman who endorsed Mr. Obama early in his election campaign and who stood by his side during the financial crisis. Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Washington -- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker said he espouses a banking system that separates commercial and investment banking. Full Article at The Money Times

Paul Volcker must feel like he's going crazy. Full Article at Huffington Post

Listen to a top economist in the Obama administration describe Paul A. Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman who endorsed Mr. Obama early in his election campaign and who stood by his side during the financial crisis, Louis Uchitelle wrote in... Full Article at Dealbook